Why does Jack call you "an all-round-big-swinging dick" and how do you feel about that?

I mean, gun to my head, the “why” is probably related to how rad (by which I mean “swinging”) my dick is.

In all seriousness, this is a weird thing! For those who don’t know, my boss, Jack O’Brien, has introduced me as “all-around big-swinging dick Daniel O’Brien” on every single live podcast/panel we’ve done and we’ve never once talked about it. There wasn’t even a moment early on where Jack was like “Hey, I’m going to introduce you as ‘the big-swinging dick;’ is that okay with you?” He just started doing it one day.

Full Disclosure: Around the office, I call Jack “The Jacker.” Every time he hears it, he says “I fucking hate that” and one time “Don’t ever fucking call me that again” and you can tell that he genuinely means it. (This usually leads to me saying “Would you say that ‘The Jacker No Likey?’” which is a catchphrase [for him] that I’m trying to make stick.)

The real-life Jack legitimately hates the nickname that I’ve created for him at work. Longtime devotees of the site will understand just exactly how special this is for me.